Brightening shadows under the eyes

Now that we've worked on a lot of the small details in the photograph and we've…cleaned those up, the next thing that I want to take a look at is how we can…brighten the shadows that we can see under the eyes.…There are number of different techniques that we can do in order to accomplish this.…Let me show you one.…We'll go ahead and click in our topmost layer, and than create a new layer by…pressing Shift+Command+N on Mac or Shift+Ctrl+N on Windows and let's name…this layer shadows.…Next, we'll select the Clone Stamp tool by pressing the S key and with the Clone…Stamp tool what I want to do is I want to change my overall layer Opacity.…

Here we're going to go ahead and decrease this significantly.…We want to bring this way down, say something even less than 20% there.…Maybe about 18 might work well.…We'll turn Aligned and Sample All layers on and then I want you to Option+Click…or Alt+Click on a nice bright area.…Next, here with the Soft Edge brush you want to make sure you don't have…any hardness there.…

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4/26/2012

In Photoshop CS6 for Photographers, author, photographer, and teacher Chris Orwig explores Photoshop from the perspective of the photographer.

The course details the features and techniques behind enhancing and retouching photos, preparing them for print and online publishing, and much more. Chris demonstrates how to make basic edits in Camera Raw, develop and save color profiles, work with layers and selections, tone and sharpen, and retouch images while retaining their natural character.

Chris also shares some creative tips and project ideas, such as converting a photo to black-and-white and enhancing a portrait with hand-painted masks. The course also covers workflow details, such as organizing images in Bridge and Mini Bridge, optimizing Photoshop preferences, and calibrating your monitor.